It was nearly imperceptible, the way mountains loom larger as you drive toward them. In St. Charles County, at least 71 homes were heavily damaged and 100 had slight to moderate damage, county spokeswoman Colene McEntee said. The heavy rains slackened, and in that moment he knew he should not be there. Smith said the storms 2.6-mile path besting a record set in 2004 in Hallam, Neb. When the winds were at their most powerful, no structures were nearby, said Rick Smith, chief warning coordination meteorologist for the weather services office in Norman. The violent winds enveloped Tim Samaras, 55, his son Paul Samaras, 24, and his colleague Carl Young, 45, toppling their car like a toy in a breeze. But Fridays massive tornado avoided the highly populated areas near and around Oklahoma City, and forecasters said that likely saved lives. Among the injured was a meteorologist from The Weather Channel. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman predicted a slight chance of severe weather in the Northeast on Sunday, mainly from the Washington, D.C., area to northern Maine. For the first time, it was as though the tornado had shed the cloak and offered the men a glimpse of itself. Samaras said he wasn't sure he could see the funnel anymore. Do it right now,' local news forecasters told viewers. "Tim was a courageous and brilliant scientist who fearlessly pursued tornadoes and lightning in the field in an effort to better understand these phenomena," the society said on its website. Samaras was born November 12, 1957, in Lakewood, Colorado, to Paul T. and Margaret L. Samaras. "He was a groundbreaker in terms of the kind of research he was doing on severe thunderstorms and tornadoes," Dr. Forbes said on The Weather Channel Sunday morning. Robinson stopped 400 yards away. The last time he'd had a good bead on the funnel, it was tracking east-southeast. "This is a very sad day for the meteorological community and the families of our friends lost. 'Unpredictable' storm in Oklahoma turned on three chasers | CNN 08:30 BST 04 Jun 2013. His windshield wipers couldn't clear the water. Samaras rushed the reporter off the phone, and they began discussing their next move. At the heading and speed he thought the tornado had been traveling, there was no reason it should be this close. Samaras submitted this footage to National Geographic in the weeks leading up to his. It was a little after 6 p.m. on May 31. They were in position. At the end of the video, perhaps a minute or two before the tornado overtook them, Samaras said in a matter-of-fact tone: "We're in a bad spot.".
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